Mailing List Archive/2002-08-13

HELLO ALL! FLANSY HERE....
Great to be back in NYC! I know twice does not make a trend and I know
it's a common name, but I have once again in as many months seen the name
"James Lipton" on a building directory. Of course, the host of the Actor's
Studio probably doesn't live at either of these addresses, but it makes me
wonder if James Lipton has started hoarding NYC real estate one apartment at
a time.... That dude could be cleverer than he looks...
Still getting over the killer profile on TMBG in the current issue of the
New Yorker. Being offhandedly described as "seminal" is something that has
never really happened to us before, but I'll try to adjust. Wish there was an
on-line way to direct you to it, but the traditionalists at the New Yorker
would prefer you buy it on a newsstand. (It also includes an article by
McSweeney's bigwig Dave Eggers!)

JOIN TMBG AS WE ENTER OUR THIRD DECADE AS A BAND! FREE SHOW IN CENTRAL PARK
AUG. 15!
Yes, believe it or not, John and I are returning to the same place we
started, Central Park, twenty years ago to the month! It seems like a very
fuzzy yesterday to me that John and I were carrying the majestic but
ponderously weighty Farfisa organ over the rock walls that border the cab
route going through the middle of the park. I recall we played "Cowtown" and
"Space Suit" (with Linnell playing the clarinet) Other songs I vaguely
remember are "Penguin" (sample lyric:"penguin, penguin, all alone and lost,
standing, sitting, looks for a place to park") and "Cabbagetown" (which
ultimately became an Elektra b-side) It would be 1983 before we played out
again (where we would incorporate the cutting edge technology of the 4-track
reel-to-reel tape recorder) but the first one was there, and you are all
invited to celebrate its anniversary!

TMBG.COM CHAT TOMORROW!
The missing link?
http://www.tmbg.com/chat/ starting at 10pm EST. This chat is to encourage
newcomers to the TMBG world to get together, although the old schoolers are
always invited. TONIGHT'S TOPIC (STRAIGHT OUT OF LATE NIGHT TMBG BUS
CONVERSATIONS) is COMEDY: Is Robin Williams aware of his reputation as a
joke-stealer? / Who's funnier: Harvey Korman, Ted Knight, or Don Knotts? /

PEOPLE ARE WRONG in SEPTEMBER! Tickets are now on sale!
It is my pleasure to invite you to the first run of the original rock
musical "People Are Wrong!" Tickets are going fast, so we want to encourage
you to get your reservations in soon.
This is my first go-around as an off-off Broadway producer (which comes
up dead even with "video director" as my most dubious job title to date), and
I am also producing the soundtrack album right now. The show, conceived at a
drunken dinner party in upstate New York, was put to song by Robin Goldwasser
and Julia Greenberg. The show stars the showstopper himself Mr. Dave Driver.
I'll be performing alongside Dave, Robin and Julia among other downtown
luminaries. Joe McGinty's Losers Lounge band is backing us up so we can
guarantee an inspired musical performance!

All shows are on MONDAY at 7:00 & 9:30 pm SEPTEMBER 9, 16, 23, 30 Tickets
are $20 and are available through TeleCharge: 212.239.6200 telecharge.com or at The Public Theater Box
Office. Joe's Pub at The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street(below Astor
Place) in New York City. Further info at 212.539.8770 or joespub.com

RARITIES CD IS NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE!
"They Got Lost" is They Might be Giants' first full length compilation of
top-quality rarities. This disc draws from a wide array of sources- including
"On The Drag" (as featured in our current live shows) the very best of our
various EMusic efforts (with tracks from the "Battle of the Bands" project
and a couple of tracks from "Long Tall Weekend"), to our jingles for This
American Life and the Chopping Block. It even includes a totally spontaneous
song from a live show. Most of the original 21 tracks have never been
available on CD in any form. They Got Lost includes: Reprehensible, Rat
Patrol, I'm Sick (of this American life), Disappointing Show, Words Are Like,
All Alone, Rest Awhile, Oranges, Truth in Your Words, Down to the Bottom of
the Sea, I Am a Human Head, Empty Bottle Blues, They Got Lost, The Army's
Tired Now, Oranges Testimonial, Theme to McSweeney's, Dollar for Dollar, Mosh
Momken Abadon, Token Back to Brooklyn and Certain People I Could Name.

Purchase "They Got Lost" with one of our many new t-shirt designs (like our
"No!" shirts -in kids sizes too- or the "Ladies Hayseed" (known less modestly
as "babydoll" stylee) and save big bucks. Throw in a copy of "Mink Car" or
"No!" to your order and you'll be convinced we've lost our minds. Operator
Dot is standing by to guarantee you total customer satisfaction.

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS DOCUMENTARY "GIGANTIC" DIRECTED BY AJ SCHNACK
NOW PLAYING AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN BOSTON ON THESE SPECIAL DATES:
Sat. 8/17 at 4:15, Sun. 8/18 at 7 (with Q & A w/ Flansburgh and Schnack)
Thurs. 8/22 at 8, Sat. 8/24, at 4, Thurs. 8/29, at 8, Thurs. 9/5 at 8, Sat.
9/7 at 3* Thurs. 9/19 at 6*

For recorded program/box office info: 617.369.3770 For advance ticket sales
call 617.369.3306 OR go to mfa.org for online purchase. Tickets may be
purchased in person at the box office as well.

TMBG at THE BOSTON MFA CONCERTS INFO:
They Might Be Giants 20th Anniversary Concerts, Saturday Aug 17 at 6:30pm
and 9:30 pm.
Tickets can be purchased online at nextticketing.com via phone at